{"id":80889,"date":"2025-11-11T00:36:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T23:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weisetech.dev\/fc-barcelona-noticias\/en\/drama-at-real-madrid-courtois-and-valverde-injured_315241_102\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T00:37:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T23:37:00","slug":"drama-at-real-madrid-courtois-and-valverde-injured_315241_102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/real-madrid\/drama-at-real-madrid-courtois-and-valverde-injured_315241_102.html","title":{"rendered":"Drama at Real Madrid: Courtois and Valverde injured"},"content":{"rendered":"

Real Madrid had a day to forget in Vallecas on Sunday. In addition to the goalless draw against Rayo, the ‘Merengues’ suffered two new injury setbacks: Courtois and Valverde<\/h2> \r\n
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Real Madrid<\/strong> confirmed two new injury absences from their squad on Monday. After the goalless draw against Rayo (0-0)<\/a>, Xabi Alonso’s team added Thibaut Courtois and Fede Valverde to their infirmary, both starters in the visit to Vallecas.<\/p>

The Uruguayan, however, **was substituted in the 83rd minute with discomfort in his right hamstring**. Fede injured himself while taking a shot from outside the box in the 69th minute, which was controlled by goalkeeper Batalla without too many problems. Again playing as right-back and captain, the ‘8’ contributed little to a white team lacking ideas and depth.<\/p>

For the second consecutive match, Madrid failed to score. In Vallecas, however, they did not suffer as much siege in their area as they did against Liverpool, where Courtois’ 9 saves prevented a heavy defeat. Against Rayo, the Belgian only had to intervene on a couple of occasions to prevent his goal from being breached.<\/p>

Valverde suffers a mild muscle injury in his right leg<\/h2>

According to Real Madrid’s official medical report, Fede Valverde suffers from a right hamstring injury<\/strong>“. Although the report does not specify a recovery time, the ‘8’ is likely to be out for about a week and a half.<\/p>

In that regard, the 27-year-old player will not travel with Uruguay for the friendlies against **Mexico** (11\/15) and **United States** (11\/18), but should be available for the match against Elche on Sunday, November 23<\/p>

So far in the 25\/26 season, Valverde has played 15 of Madrid’s 16 games, starting 14 of them<\/strong>. The Montevideo native has 4 assists and 1,261 minutes of action with Xabi Alonso’s team, being a key piece in the Basque coach’s system despite not playing in his usual midfield position.<\/p>

Courtois could miss Elche visit due to injury<\/h2>

Thibaut Courtois, for his part, is suffering from a **tear in the adductor longus muscle of his right leg**. In principle, the Belgian goalkeeper would be out for around two weeks, meaning he will likely miss the matchday 13 LaLiga clash against Elche.<\/p>

The 33-year-old goalkeeper has conceded 12 goals in 16 games this season<\/strong>, with a total of 8 clean sheets. If he does not receive medical clearance after the break, Andriy Lunin<\/strong> would be the chosen one to occupy the ‘Merengue’ goal in the visit to the Ilicitano team.<\/p>

The Ukrainian goalkeeper has not played an official match with Madrid since May 24 (against Real Sociedad) and in 24\/25 he only played 7 league games and a couple in the Champions League, in addition to another 5 in the Copa del Rey (he was only a substitute in the final against Bar\u00e7a).<\/p>

In addition to Courtois and Valverde, Real Madrid still has Antonio R\u00fcdiger, Aur\u00e9lien Tchouam\u00e9ni, Franco Mastantuono and Dani Carvajal in their infirmary. Only the latter is a long-term absentee. The rest should reappear against Elche or, failing that, in the Champions League against Olympiacos in Greece<\/p>